Improvement in wrenches



waited tatee FRANKLIN P. RAND, or PAWTUGKET, RHODE ISLAND..

'Letters Patent 107,539,

dater] SeptemberQO, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRENCHE'S.

The Schedulerefen'ed toV in these Letters Patent making part of thepsame.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that L'FnANKLIN I. RAND, ot' Pawtucket, in the count-y ot' Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and improved Wrench for the Turning of Nuts where other wrenches are not practicable; and I do declare that the following,r is a full and exact description thereof', reference heilig hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in the application of a ratchet and a socket to n. wrench. The ratchet is for the adaptation where a rigid wrench is not practicable, and thesockctis 'for the adjustment of different-sized wrenehjaws.

. Figure 1 is a view of an ordinary monkey-wrench, with one end cut ott.

Figure 2 is a view of my invention.

A' Bl is the well-known monkey-wrench.

Fig. 2-

B2, the wrench-jaws.

C2, the socketattached to the ratchet-wheel D.

E2, pawl.

lf2, the handle of the wrench.

c2, a spring, which forccslthe pawl from the-teeth of I the ratchet-wheel. i

d?, a. pin which `secures thespring c? to the handle b2, a holt, by which the ratchet-wheel is hung in a movable joint to the handle F2. e

j2 is a tlmmb-serew, which secures the Jaw 2 n1 the socket C2. l

Operation.

The within-described wrench being constructed as herein set forth and applied where there is not snihoient space to operate a rigid wrench, its operation will he apparent without further specitcation.

Claim.

' What l claim as my inventiomand desire to secure, 

